Nuisance flooding during a high tide spreads water around a park bench and sidewalk along the Tidal Basin in Washington on July 2, 2019. That year, Washington had about 42 fewer nuisance flooding days because of decreased tidal range, a University of Central Florida study found. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) At a Glance Sea level rise is not the only thing causing an increase in the number of nuisance floods.More than half the locations studied had more nuisance flooding...

A woman and a girl walk under a plastic sheet to protect themselves from the rain as they wait to receive medical assistance from members of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the riverside community of Bela Vista do Jaraqui, Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, on Jan. 18, 2021. (MARCIO JAMES/AFP via Getty Images) At a Glance A new study analyzed more than 291,000 births.The researchers also looked at satellite weather data.Climate extremes in the Amazon are predicted to increase....

An aerial view shows neighborhoods enshrouded in smoke as the Bobcat Fire advanced toward foothill cities on Sept. 13, 2020, in Monrovia, California. (David McNew/Getty Images) At a Glance The research looked at hospitalizations from 1999 to 2012.The numbers were correlated with data from wildfires, winds and smoke plumes.Wildfire smoke is made of microscopic particles that cause health problems. Smoke from wildfires is as much as 10 times more hazardous to humans than similar pollution from other sources, according to...